On December 9, The United Nations established the Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons. The declaration “calls for national and international action to ensure that it will be used as a common basis...
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The organization “Voice of Albertans with Disabilities” is developed. It is “a provincial, cross disability organization of individuals with physical, mental, sensory, learning and intellectual disabilities
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The Sexual Sterilization Act was eliminated under the newly elected Progressive Conservative Government led by Peter Lougheed
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A group of vocational service operators established the Alberta Association of Rehabilitation Centers, AARC, (called The Alberta Council of Disability Services, ACDS, since 2006)
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The Government of Alberta established the Services for the Handicapped program, a division of the Department of Social Services and Community Health.
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The “Able Disabled” report was developed.
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During this time period the philosophy of “deinstitutionalization” – the idea that people with disabilities should live in communities rather than institutions – gained popularity.
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The Centre for the Study of Mental Retardation (called the J.P. Das Centre on Developmental and Learning Disabilities since 2009) begins operating.
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The Canadian Government developed a disability pension program through the CPP
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The Mental Health Act is passed in Alberta. In the act
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